Ornith. [mod.L. furculum, incorrectly formed dim. of furca.] = FURCULA.
1833. Sir C. Bell, Hand (1834), 54. The furculum or fork bone, which in carving, we detach after removing the wings of the fowl, corresponds with the clavicle.
1863. Lyell, Antiq. Man, xxii. 451. The furculum, or merry-thought, which is entire, marks the fore part of the trunk.
1873. J. Geikie, Gt. Ice Age, App. 525. The furculum of a gull was found in brick-clay at the Bridge of Johnston, near Paisley.
